CVE-2024-56546: drivers: soc: xilinx: add the missing kfree in xlnx_add_cb_for_suspend()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-56546 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 19 · Related 20Timeline
- 27-12-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: soc: xilinx: add the missing kfree in xlnx_add_cb_for_suspend() If we fail to allocate memory for cb_data by kmalloc, the memory allocation for eve_data is never freed, add the missing kfree() in the error handling path.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
13%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu104 products
- linux< 6.8.0-58.60
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1027.29
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 05e5ba40ea7ab6a99bb8d6117c899d0e13ca8700, < 272168927f38bda46f6c1ed5f40de97689e7a5d2 | ≥ 05e5ba40ea7ab6a99bb8d6117c899d0e13ca8700, < 882d7afaa4b82c20a7be7a3a039532a80ebacd23 | ≥ 05e5ba40ea7ab6a99bb8d6117c899d0e13ca8700, < 5a3bda42394ff137eb2d3d3d20d2956a8c6e9237 | ≥ 05e5ba40ea7ab6a99bb8d6117c899d0e13ca8700, < 584d420771e1ad2bb74e19a19da8ae0fee0a6e1f | ≥ 05e5ba40ea7ab6a99bb8d6117c899d0e13ca8700, < 44ed4f90a97ff6f339e50ac01db71544e0990efc | 5.19
- linux_kernel≥ 5.19, < 6.1.120 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.64 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.11 | ≥ 6.12, < 6.12.2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.12.3-1
3 vendors · 107 products
